HC Deb 29 July 1983 vol 46 cc659-60W
Mr. Higgins

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the district health authorities that, on the basis of the resource allocation working party's formula, are less than 18 per cent. underfunded.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Allocations to district health authorities are the responsibility of the regional health authorities. The information requested is not routinely collected centrally because regions adopt different methods of calculating targets, and meaningful comparisons between districts in differing regions are not possible.